," published in 2007, and has a new book this year called "the single roll of the dice: obama's diplomacy with iran." , both from yale university press. i should say that all these panelists are also quoted in the major media frequently, so that's another thing. i don't mention about each one at a time, but all of them. >> thank you so much. it's a great pleasure being here. i think it's going to be quite an interesting q&a following this. i'm going to cut my talks a little bit short and just go on to some of the most important points and then leave as much as possible for a discussion afterwards. the panel asked what ways have the united states or the g-16 been able to get close to some of its objectives and have effective policies vis-a-vis iran. it's a good question, because it reminds us to ask ourselves, what are the objections? the objections that oftentimes are talked about tends to be microobjectives, very tactical, and we tend to forget the larger strategic picture. if we look at the larger strategic picture, making sure that iran does not get close to nuclear weapon capability,